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The Mexican government is providing consular assistance in the wake of the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, which is located roughly 50 miles from the US-Mexico border.
In a statement from Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Relations, the government “condemns this act of violence that has cost children’s lives and devastated families in a predominantly Hispanic town.”
Uvalde school shooter Salvador Ramos worked the day shift at a local Wendy’s, a manager at the restaurant told CNN.
Adrian Mendes, evening manager at the Wendy’s, said Ramos “kept to himself mostly.”
Mendes didn’t know Ramos on a personal level and didn’t see him most of the time because they were on different shifts, he said. Ramos worked from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. or 5 p.m., five days a week, and was already working there when Mendes started in February, he said.
The mass shooting at Robb Elementary School was a “senseless tragedy,” the US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus said in a statement.
“On behalf of the entire CBP workforce, I extend my deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims from today’s horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.”
Earlier, DHS spokesperson Marsha Espinosa said one Border Patrol agent was wounded as they responded to the shooting.
A former classmate of school shooter Salvador Ramos said the gunman texted him photos of a firearm he had and a bag full of ammunition days before the attack.
The friend, who did not want to be identified by name, said he was somewhat “close” to Ramos and would hear from him occasionally to play Xbox together.
The friend said Ramos was taunted by others for the clothes he wore and his family’s financial situation, and eventually was seen less in class.
He said that after his own graduation, he communicated with Ramos less. But every few months, Ramos would send a text or ask to play Xbox, he said.
The grandmother of the suspected gunman is hospitalized in critical condition, Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Erick Estrada told CNN’s Don Lemon on Tuesday.
The suspect is believed to have shot his grandmother before going to the school, three law enforcement sources told CNN. She was airlifted to hospital, Estrada said earlier Tuesday.
A photo of two AR15-style rifles appeared on an Instagram account tied to the suspected Uvalde shooter just three days before Tuesday’s massacre at Robb Elementary school.
The photo was posted as a story under the username “salv8dor_.” Multiple classmates confirmed the account belonged to suspected gunman Salvador Ramos, who was shot dead by officers responding to the school shooting.
Ramos’ TikTok page has only a single post – a clip of a Subway Surfers mobile game. The bio under his profile picture reads: “Kids be scared irl” or in real life.
The death toll has risen following the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Department of Public Safety Sgt. Erick Estrada told CNN’s Don Lemon on Tuesday.
The toll now stands at 21, with 19 students and two adults killed in the shooting, Estrada said.
The gunman was also killed in the shooting.
Fred Guttenberg’s daughter, Jaime, was one of 17 people killed in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
He spoke with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Tuesday, just hours after 18 children and one adult were killed in Uvalde, Texas.
Guttenberg said news of another shooting is infuriating “because all of these instances we know the next one is going to happen because we haven’t done anything to fix it.”
When asked what message he’d give to families in Uvalde, Guttenberg quoted something his rabbi told him at his daughter’s funeral: “We don’t move on, we move forward.”
“I want everyone to know that they are loved and that they are going to go forward. It’s what I call a ‘new normal,’” he said. “But the next few minutes, hours, days are going to be brutal.”
Border Patrol agents who responded to the deadly school shooting in Texas entered the school building and “faced gun fire from the subject, who was barricaded inside,” according to a DHS spokesperson.
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Cameron Kasky, a survivor of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, criticized President Biden’s response to Tuesday’s shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
He added that he appreciates the empathy that Biden displays but said the address was a disappointment for Americans who advocate for gun safety.
“Joe Biden goes up there and talks about how it’s horrible to lose a family member … and says that it’s bad that mass violence happens. It’s great that he thinks it’s bad. But I can tell you that gun control organizers, people who believe in gun safety, common-sense gun safety laws, around the country were waiting to hear the words ‘executive order’ and instead we heard the words, essentially, thoughts and prayers,” Kasky added.
Kasky noted that mass shootings have become a common occurrence in the United States.
“There’s a new one every single day. And that’s on a good day, because on the bad days there’s quite a few,” he said. “These students are going to go back into school soon and they are going to live lives and have childhoods and early adulthoods that are completely informed by this tragedy. From what I’ve seen with Parkland and with all these other horrible shootings, it changes people forever,” he added.
Attorney General Merrick Garland called today’s deadly school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, an “act of unspeakable violence” and said, “We join our fellow Americans in mourning this terrible loss and in their resolve to end this senseless violence.”
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President Biden addressed the Texas school shooting in emotional remarks from the White House Tuesday evening, saying, “I had hoped when I became President I would not have to do this again.”
Turning to the issue of gun control legislation, Biden implored lawmakers to “turn this pain into action” as he ticked through some of the mass shootings since the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, when he was vice president.
“I am sick and tired of it. We have to act. And don’t tell me we can’t have an impact on this carnage,” the President said, asking: “Why do we keep letting this happen?”
“Where in God’s name is our backbone to have the courage to deal with and stand up to the lobbies?” he said.
Tuesday, May 24, was the 144th day of the year.
There have so far been at least 212 mass shootings in 2022, according to the nonprofit organization Gun Violence Archive. This means there have been more mass shootings this year than there have been days in 2022.
CNN and the GVA define a mass shooting as a shooting that injured or killed four or more people, not including the shooter.
Former President Barack Obama responded to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, by saying the United States “is paralyzed, not by fear, but by a gun lobby and a political party that have shown no willingness to act in any way that might help prevent these tragedies.”
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In his remarks to the nation Tuesday, President Biden said on his 17-hour flight from Asia he wondered why mass shootings are so prevalent in America.
“They have mental health problems. They have domestic disputes in other countries. They have people who are lost. But these kinds of mass shootings don’t happen with the frequency they happen in America,” Biden said.
Biden said it is time to “turn this pain into action” for the parents and citizens of the US.
“We have to make it clear to every elected official in this country it’s time to act,” he said.
While addressing the nation after Tuesday’s mass shooting at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, President Biden remembered the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting that claimed the lives of 20 children and six adults, and the others that have followed since.
“Since then, there have been over 900 incidents of gunfires reported on school grounds. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Santa Fe High School in Texas, Oxford High School in Michigan — list goes on and on. The list grows. When you include mass shootings in places like movie theaters, houses of worship, as we saw just 10 days ago at a grocery store in Buffalo New York,” he said.
He stressed the importance of “common-sense gun laws,” saying that not every tragedy can be prevented, but these laws can have a positive impact.
“The idea that an 18-year-old kid can walk into a gun store and buy two assault weapons is just wrong. What in God’s name do you need assault weapon for except to kill someone?” he said.
“Deer aren’t running through the forest with Kevlar vests on for God’s sake. It’s just sick,” he added.
President Biden addressed the nation from the White House tonight, opening his remarks by saying, “I had hoped, when I became President, I would not have to do this, again.”
He called today’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, “another massacre” in the US.
“Beautiful, innocent, second, third, fourth graders. And how many scores of little children who witness what happened, see their friends die, as if they’re on a battlefield for God’s sake,” Biden said.
The President said, “To lose a child is like having a piece of your soul ripped away.” He said the feeling is “suffocating.”
The President called on the nation to pray for the victims and “stand up to the gun lobby” in the wake of today’s events.
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President Biden insisted on delivering a speech to the nation tonight in the wake of the horrific Texas shooting, aides said, demanding to his White House advisers that he address the latest unspeakable slaughter of children in America.
As he flew back to Washington and worked on his speech aboard Air Force One, the President referred to the tragedy of Newtown – and the disappointing aftermath when Congress failed to pass any gun safety legislation.
Biden, who was vice president at the time of the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, was the point person for the Obama administration during that legislative push. He has often called that one of the biggest disappointments of his public life – unable to persuade enough senators to support even modest legislation.
The President helped write tonight’s speech “with Sandy Hook in mind,” a senior White House official said, “and his fervent belief that he cannot stop trying to push Congress.”
President Biden is addressing the nation after a shooter killed 18 children and one adult at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday.
He just returned from a presidential trip to Asia, where he met Indo-Pacific leaders in a high-level summit.
Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Erick Estrada told CNN’s Anderson Cooper Tuesday there were two incidents involving the suspected gunman prior to the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
The first was the gunman shooting his grandmother, resulting in her being airlifted to a hospital, Estrada said.
The second incident was the suspect crashing a vehicle near the elementary school.
Estrada went on to say the gunman was seen with a “long rifle and backpack.”
Estrada could not confirm what type of rifle the gunman had, but says the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating.
On Wednesday, DPS spokesperson Lt. Chris Olivarez clarified information about what the shooter was wearing. Olivarez told CNN that gunman was wearing “a tactical vest carrier with no ballistic panels; so typically those type of carriers are used by tactical teams, SWAT teams, where they can place magazines, extra ammunition inside those carriers and be able to move in a tactical formation.”
This post has been updated with new details about the gunman from authorities.
Eighteen children and one adult were killed in Tuesday’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, according to Sgt. Erick Estrada of the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Estrada did not provide any other information on the victims.
Gov. Greg Abbott said earlier Tuesday “it is believed” that the shooter, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos was killed by law enforcement. Estrada confirmed the suspect was killed.
Former President Bill Clinton said in a statement on Tuesday that his heart breaks “for the families who sent their children and loved ones off to school today at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, whose lives will now never be the same.”
The former president said the families struck by tragedy in in the city and a little over a week ago in Buffalo, New York, deserve action.
“Propaganda and paranoia have kept us from helping each other on this for too long. We can do—and be—better.The time to act is now,” he continued.
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Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr called out lawmakers in Washington in a fiery speech about today’s school shooting ahead of tonight’s NBA playoff game between the Warriors and the Dallas Mavericks.
A fiery Kerr opened his remarks by telling the press “basketball questions don’t matter” right now. Kerr, while banging on the table he was seated at, said: “When are we going to do something?”
Kerr called out “50 senators who refuse to vote on HR-8,” a House bill that strengthens firearm background checks, claiming, “they won’t vote on it because they want to hold onto their own power.”
While calling out the senators, including referring to Republican leader Mitch McConnell by name, Kerr asked: “are you going to put your own desire for power ahead of our children, and elderly, and churchgoers?”
“50 senators in Washington are going to hold us hostage,” Kerr said.
“It’s pathetic, I’ve had enough,” he added.
Kerr said he was “fed up” and told those listening to think about their own family members and ask: “how would you feel if this happened to you today?”
“We can’t get numb to this.” the coach said before exiting the room.
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Professional sports teams throughout Texas and beyond released statements reacting to the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
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In his scheduled pregame session with reporters, Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd read a statement on the school shooting:
Later during the session when asked how the Mavericks are preparing for the Golden State Warriors, Kidd said: “Yeah, it’s tough. You know, as coaches or fathers, we have kids. People in this room have kids. Elementary school. You just think about what could take place with any of your family or friends at a school.”
Kidd confirmed tonight’s game would not be canceled.
“But the news of what’s happening, not just here in Texas but throughout our country, is sad,” he said.
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Dr. Hal Harrell, superintendent of Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, said that Uvalde district will cancel the rest of its school year, which was supposed to conclude in two days on Thursday.
Harrell said the district will provide “grief counseling and support at the civic center for our students” starting tomorrow at 10 a.m.
“This was a tragic, senseless event today and my heart is broke today, our hearts and thoughts and prayers are with all our families as we go through this day and days to come,” the superintendent said.
Police Chief Pete Arredondo of Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District confirmed that the suspect in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School is dead.
“Let me assure you, the intruder is deceased, and we are not actively looking for another individual or any other suspects in this case,” he told reporters on Tuesday.
Meta, formerly Facebook, said it is in contact with law enforcement following Tuesday’s mass shooting at a Texas elementary school.
A Meta spokesperson said it had removed an Instagram account circulating online that some had claimed belonged to the suspected gunman.
Meta did not confirm if the account is linked to the suspect.
The Texas school shooting suspect is believed to have shot his grandmother before going to the school, three law enforcement sources tell CNN.
State Sen. Roland Gutierrez told CNN the grandmother was airlifted to San Antonio and “is still holding on,” according to information he was given by the Texas Rangers.
“This young man shot his grandmother and fled that scene from that incident,” Gutierrez told CNN’s Erin Burnett.
Earlier, the Texas governor said, “it is being reported that the subject shot his grandmother right before he went to the school.”
GOP Sen. Thom Tillis warned Democrats against having a “reflexive reaction” in the wake of the Texas school shooting that left 15 people dead, by trying to pass laws that would impinge on Second Amendment rights, saying he is confident in the coming days it will be learned that there were “signs” the 18-year-old shooter was “at risk.”
Asked if there was a component of guns that could be part of the solution for the problem of mass shootings in the country, Tillis said “no.”
“What people immediately want to jump to are red flag laws. Virtually everyone that I’ve seen here has been one that sweep up law abiding gun owners into what I consider to be an overreach. So the question is can we can we actually get to policy that could make a difference, but not deny people their Second Amendment rights and give them due process? That’s what we talk about every time something like this comes up and that hopefully will be the discussion if we have one versus what could potentially be the plot of people going into their political corners, which I’ve seen every time something tragic event like this has happened and the seven and a half years I’ve been here.”
The shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, is all too familiar to some residents of Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 children and six adults were shot and killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012.
One of them was Erica Lafferty’s mother.
The superintendent of the Newtown, Connecticut, school district offered prayers to the students, families and staff of the Uvalde school community Tuesday, saying she will reach out to the school to offer support during the difficult time.
In a message to staff and families, Superintendent Dr. Lorrie Rodrigue referenced the shooting at Robb Elementary School, noting the “horrific impact on their community.” She also said, out of an abundance of caution, there will be an enhanced police presence all Newtown schools.
“In Newtown, this news resonates with our students, staff, and families in ways many communities might not understand — and hopefully never will,” Rodrigue wrote in the letter. “I plan to alert our counseling teams at each of our schools, and particularly at Newtown High School, to be ready to respond to students who are upset, show signs of struggling with this event, or simply need to talk. In addition, we are working collaboratively with the Newtown Police, and in an abundance of caution there will be an enhanced police presence at all of our schools.”
Lafferty also told CNN about the loss she still experiences.
“I honestly can’t put it into words. There are days where all I hear or smell or see is my mom all around me. There are days I wake up and I can’t remember the sound of her voice or what her laugh sounded like. And I’m not quite sure which side of that is more painful,” she said.
As President Biden is expected to address the nation shortly, Lafferty expects him to promise action but points to the “harsh reality that one person cannot change anything.”
Vice President Kamala Harris made remarks on the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, during the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies 20th Annual Awards Gala in Washington, DC.
“The President and I are monitoring the situation closely. While we do not know all the details, we do know that there are parents who have lost children, families who have lost children and many others who have been injured,” Harris said.
The vice president said it’s natural for leaders to say “our hearts break,” but shootings keep happening over and over again.
“Enough is enough. As a nation we have to have the courage to take action and understand the nexus between what makes for reasonable and sensible public policy to ensure nothing like this ever happens again,” Harris continued. “People of Uvalde, please know that this is a room full leaders who grieve with you and we are praying for you and we stand with you.”
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tweeted earlier that President Biden had been briefed on the school shooting.
Biden plans to address the nation about the school shooting this evening at 8:15 p.m. ET from the White House, following his return from Asia.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) released a statement following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
“Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences go out to the victims’ family and friends, and the entire Robb Elementary School and Uvalde community,” the statement read.
The NBA’s statement comes just hours ahead of tip-off for Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals between the Dallas Mavericks and Golden State Warriors.
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The US flag is flying half-staff at the White House after today’s deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
President Biden is expected to address the nation shortly.
The March For Our Lives organization released a statement after the shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
March For Our Lives was created after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, in February 2018, when 17 people were killed. The organization aims to “create safe and healthy communities and livelihoods where gun violence is obsolete,” according to the group’s website.
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A person close to first lady Jill Biden tells CNN she is “stunned and trying to make sense of it,” in regard to the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
The first lady tweeted later Tuesday: “Lord, enough. Little children and their teacher. Stunned. Angry. Heartbroken.”
Biden is a career educator who has spent in total more than three decades working inside schools. She taught in public high schools for 13 years. She also taught at a psychiatric hospital for adolescents.
She will join the President in the Roosevelt Room when he delivers his remarks later this evening, a person familiar with the first lady’s plans tells CNN.
Former presidential candidate and first lady Hillary Clinton tweeted in response to reports that 15 people were killed at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, saying, “Thoughts and prayers are not enough.”
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Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales tweeted his thoughts on the school shooting in Uvalde:
Tuesday’s shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, marks at least the 30th shooting at a K-12 school in 2022, according to a CNN count.
Excluding Tuesday’s shooting, so far in 2022 there have been at least 38 shootings in K-12 schools, colleges and universities, resulting in at least 10 deaths and 51 injuries.
The Texas shooting is the deadliest US school shooting since the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida in February 2018, when 17 people were killed.
Tuesday’s shooting is the deadliest shooting at an elementary school since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, when a gunman killed 26 people in December 2012.
Vice President Kamala Harris has been briefed on the school shooting in Texas, according to a White House official.
“She will continue to receive regular updates,” the official said.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tweeted earlier that President Biden had been briefed on the school shooting.
Biden plans to address the nation about the school shooting this evening at 8:15 p.m. ET from the White House, following his return from Asia.
The suspected gunman who killed 14 students and a teacher at a south Texas elementary school on Tuesday has been identified as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said at a news conference the gunman resided in Uvalde, had attended Uvalde High School.
Ramos was killed after the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Abbott said.
A San Antonio hospital says one of the Uvalde school shooting victims they are treating is 10 years old.
“We have received two patients from the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. One patient is a 66-year-old woman. The other patient is a 10-year-old girl. Both patients are in critical condition,” University Health System in San Antonio announced on Facebook Tuesday afternoon.
Uvalde Memorial Hospital treated more than a dozen victims in the shooting. Their ages have not been released.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner released a statement following the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas:
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut delivered an emotional call to action on the Senate floor following the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Murphy, who has repeatedly pushed for legislative action following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, said: “This only happens in this country, and nowhere else. Nowhere else do little kids go to school thinking they might be shot that day.”
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President Biden will address the nation about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, this evening at 8:15 p.m. ET from the White House, following his return from Asia.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tweeted earlier that Biden had been briefed on the school shooting.
NBA superstar LeBron James tweeted his thoughts following Tuesday’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas called the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, an “unspeakable crime.”
But Cruz said he still doesn’t see gun reform as a solution. Instead, he said the way to prevent this type of crime is “going after felons and fugitives and those with serious mental illness arresting them prosecuting them when they try to illegally buy firearms.”
Instead, Cruz advocated for more armed law enforcement resources on school campuses.
“There’s no doubt we need to do more to keep children in school safe. We know from past experience one of the most effective tool for keeping kids safe is armed law enforcement on the campus. We don’t know the details of what happened at Robb Elementary School, but there will be a lot of time to examine what steps could have been taken proactively to enhance the safety and security of the school right now,” he said.
The shooter in Tuesday’s fatal elementary school shooting did not have any help, the school district’s top security officer said.
Arredondo confirmed that the suspect is dead. He did not provide further details on casualties in the shooting.
Sen. John Cornyn says he will go to Texas as soon as tonight after the devastating shooting in his home state.
The senator said he is getting briefings from local officials and trying to understand more about the motive and the ongoing situation. He added he has not been briefed by federal officials yet.
“It’s clearly horrible,” Cornyn said.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tweeted that President Biden has been briefed on the school shooting in Texas.
“President Biden has been briefed on the horrific news of the elementary school shooting in Texas and will continue to be briefed regularly as information becomes available,” she tweeted.
His prayers are with the families impacted by this awful event, and he will speak this evening when he arrives back at the White House,” Jean-Pierre added.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott released the following statement on the fatal school shooting in Uvalde this afternoon:
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has been briefed on the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the department said in a tweet Tuesday afternoon.
US Customs and Border Protection “immediately responded to the scene to provide support, including medical aid,” the tweet continued, adding: “DHS is actively coordinating with federal, state, and local partners, and will continue to provide the department’s full support.”
Uvalde, Texas, is just over 60 miles from the Texas-Mexico border.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called Tuesday’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in the town of Uvalde a “horrific tragedy.”
He said the shooter was 18 years old and is dead.
“It’s believed that responding officers killed him,” he said. “It appears that two responding officers were struck by rounds but have no serious injuries.”
He added that the local authorities investigating the shooting will be given any required resources.
Additionally, Abbott added that the shooter reportedly also shot his grandmother before going to the elementary school.
“It is being reported that the subject shot his grandmother right before he went into the school. I have no further information about the connection between those two shootings,” he said. “The subject is reported to have been a student at Uvalde High School and is a US citizen,” the governor said.
Uvalde is about 85 miles west of San Antonio.
The elementary school shooter is an 18-year-old male from Uvalde, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said.
“It’s believed that he abandoned his vehicle and entered into the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde with a handgun and he may have also had a rifle, but that is not yet confirmed according to my most recent report,” he said.
The suspect was a student at Uvalde High School and is a US citizen, Abbott said.
Fifteen people have died in a shooting at Robb Elementary School, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday.
He said the shooter killed 14 students and a teacher.
Abbott said the shooter is also deceased.
The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District in Texas said it is canceling all school activities after today’s shooting at Robb Elementary School.
The district also said it will hold a news conference soon.
The University Hospital in San Antonio received two patients from the shooting at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, the hospital said in a tweet.
A later tweet updated that the adult, a 66-year-old woman, is in critical condition. They did not have an update on the condition of the child.
Earlier, Uvalde Memorial Hospital said they received 13 children and one adult at their facility. The hospital also reported that two had died there.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives is assisting local police with the investigation into today’s shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas.
A spokesperson for the FBI said that agency is also on scene.
“At this time, it’s too soon to determine the extent of our involvement; however, rest assured the FBI is on-scene,” said FBI Special Agent Carmen Portillo with the bureau’s San Antonio Division.
Two people are dead after a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, a spokesperson from Uvalde Memorial Hospital told CNN.
The hospital is treating 13 children for varying injuries, the spokesperson said. Two children were transported to San Antonio and another is pending transfer, spokesperson Tom Nordwick said.
A man in his 40s was also being treated at the hospital, he said.
A suspect is in custody following reports of an active shooter at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, according to a post from the Uvalde Police Department.
The shooting was reported at 12:17 p.m. local time, according to a post from the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District.
Two area hospitals said several people are being treated for injuries, including students.
